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07 Nov 2014
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Chris Welch Review

Renowned rock journalist CHRIS WELCH (see his books on Amazon here) has penned this great review of our Hometown Skyline album launch gig.

Thanks Chris!

Live Review

STEVE EGGS BAND

Bull’s Head, Barnes

15/9/14

View: Front row seat

It can be a daunting experience for any band launching their latest album. Will there be boos and demands for ‘greatest hits’ from their fans? The Steve Eggs Band suffered no such indignities when an enthusiastic crowd cheered (and whistled) as they performed a brace of new songs from ‘Hometown Skyline’ at the Bull’s Head, long the home of great ‘live’ music.

The Eggs blend of West Coast infused country rock never flagged from the moment they launched into ‘The Road To California’ one of several regular ‘originals’ that featured band leader Steve on acoustic guitar, vocals and dryly witty asides. ‘Here’s one off our first album – remember those days?’ he said introducing ‘Good Intentions’ a piece that showcased the first of a string of exuberant solos from lead guitarist Jon Kershaw.

Armed with his trusty red Fender Strat, Jon supported Steve with powerhouse riffs before taking off on wailing solos, powered up with judicious use of wah-wah, adding extra blues-rock excitement.

The whole group with Peter Wass, sporting a vintage Hofner bass and Mark Taylor on a super Gretsch drum kit, worked as a team, providing backing vocal harmonies and clearly enjoying themselves. The result was a very satisfying and successful ‘launch’ as they dug into ‘Here Comes The Rain’ described by composer Pete as ‘A more pessimistic version of George Harrison’s ‘Here Comes The Sun.’

‘Paradise’ was a stomping delight, with another particularly intense guitar solo that drew cheers from the darkened depths of the Bull. The slower ‘When The Darkness Comes’ and ‘The Heartbreaker’ was sung with particular passion by Mr. Eggs while ‘Roll Over’ and ‘That’s No Good’ sported more country rock vocal harmonies and slide guitar.

I always regretted not seeing Dire Straits in Deptford. Just glad I saw the Steve Eggs Band in Barnes.

CHRIS WELCH

25 Sep 2014
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Hometown Skyline #9 in Amazon Chart!

Thanks to all who downloaded our latest album, Hometown Skyline…you got us to Number 9 in the Amazon download chart!

 
Number 9!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

And if that wasn’t enough, we were the Number 1 ‘Mover & Shaker’ too!

 

Number 1 Mover & Shaker!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thanks everyone! And don’t forget to spread the word on Facebook…

 

07 Feb 2014
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Great review!

We really enjoyed our support slot with The Strawbs at the Beaverwood club last night. It was a good gig – the Strawbs were excellent and we picked up this great review on their website…

 

Openers the Steve Eggs Band at the Chislehurst show were really very good indeed – I bought the CD. Great poppy rock, frontman and writer Steve has a great voice and supplies good choppy rhythm guitar; both of the other two add some grace notes of the Eagles in the vocal backings.

Jon Kershaw has a nice touch on acoustic lead (normally on electric) and the bass player Peter Wass is really good, with a smashing vintage Hofner bass guitar to boot, effectively underpinning the rhythm without their usual drummer (off in Antigua, we are told). They quipped that without the man on the sticks they didn’t know how to to start and stop some of the numbers, but they did a pretty good job in my view.

Melodic opener “The Road To California” which I particularly liked is on the self-titled 8-track CD (a snip at a fiver for sure!) as were most of the other songs they played, including the bluesy “Good Intentions” (which on the CD to my ear has a rather pleasing T-Rex like electric chug to it).

Well worth checking out if they are playing near you.

 

*Taken from www.strawbsweb.co.uk

 

Many thanks to Dick Greener for the review.